Worried about getting radiation to the chest soon after spine surgery
Have you had any spine surgeries in the T5 -7 area? And have you or do you know anyone that has had radiation in that area after surgery? I had a fusion done April 13 from T3 all the way to T9 and now they want to do radiation and I’m really worried about my esophagus aorta valve.
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What a difficult journey you have to manage. I hope your care team can help you through it.
My main concern with advice people give in these types of support groups is the huge differences in our personal experiences. That’s why I always urge people to work with their care team because decisions should always be based on individual prognoses.
My experience with cancer treatment is very different. Chemo was extremely hard. I had pneumonia and neutropenia. I fell a couple of times and was injured. I had to stop chemo halfway through my second chemo drug due to toxicity. By the time I had surgery and radiation those experiences felt easy in comparison.
I can’t emphasize enough how important your personal diagnosis is in determining what treatments you choose. I changed oncologists because the first doctor pushed Verzenio and was rude when I had a horrible reaction to the drug. So I understand your reluctance to do anything that would be harmful.
Choosing to reject a specific treatment is so difficult. It’s good that you can share your experience here. But please don’t let comments by me or others cause you distress. There are as many different outcomes as there are people in treatment. So do whatever is best for you based on your self knowledge.
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